"Were the House to open impeachment proceedings against Trump, its right to gather information would be strengthened," Liptak writes, citing a House Watergate lawyer.
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nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/…
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This would leave an impeachment inquiry as the way to maximize leverage:
nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/…
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This will escalate. There is no point at which the administration will stop treating the House as fundamentally illegitimate.
Here's my first piece on this, quoting @RDEliason on why it could strengthen case for getting Trump's tax returns:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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True! But this @adamliptak
piece should force a discussion.
Shouldn't we explore this notion further before casting it aside?
The stakes of failure are very high, as I tried to argue:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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